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Veterinarians around the world are looking at the impact parasites have on food production, as the agriculture sector prepares to feed an expected global population of seven billion people by 2030 and nine billion by 2050....

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In the wake of the hepatits A outbreak linked to frozen berries from China, the Prime Minister has flagged tougher country of origin labelling laws. The new labels will clearly show how much of a certain product is grown in Australia. But the chief executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and ...

While the nation has been preoccupied with the labelling of imported food in the past few weeks, health experts have criticised Australia's decision not to label trans fats in food. Trans fats are linked to heart disease and cancer and have been all but banned in a number of European countries but ...

While the Abbott government is moving on country-of-origin food labelling following the recent frozen berry contamination incident, Mick McKeogh points out that if Australian consumers are given positive reasons to consciously select Australian produce, then the need for labelling of this ...